A Few New Milestones to Document!

Tyson woke up this morning, bright and early, with mommy and daddy. We all three had to shower together. It was just that kind of morning: things to do, places to go, and people to see. No time to waste. After we showered, Tyson disappeared into thin air. I didn't think anything of it. Afterall, I had to get my butt (and a BIG one at that) dressed, my face painted, and my hair "did". No time to run around searching aimlessly for my almost 4 year old. About 5 minutes after he went missing in action, Ty reappeared fully dressed - - ALL BY HIMSELF. He's never done this before. Mommy usually CONTROLS that part of his day. You know me, I like him dressed like Mr. GQ, clothes pressed and hair combed to the side! Darren and I made a HUGE deal over it. Of course, it was hard for me to deal with for several reasons: 1) being the fact that he's growing up too fast, 2) the outfit didn't quite match, 3) I was dying to know what kind of disaster he turned his closet into, and 4) his shirt was on backwards. I knew I just couldn't bring myself to break his heart and tell him that it needed to be fixed. We just kept praising him over and over and over again. Finally, Darren spotted the shirt on backwards and we figured out a magical way to point it out without hurting his feelings. He handled it pretty well.

He didn't stop talking about getting himself dressed all day! It's adorable.

While out today, he did ask to go pee pee in the potty standing up. The ONLY two reasons he doesn't do this already is because one, he's too short and two, I'm not prepared or willing to clean up pee all over the place. Being we were in a public place, I let him attempt it. He was a 100% successful. Again, I made a HUGE deal over it and he exclaimed, "We're going to have to tell daddy about this mommy!" He was so proud.

I guess all of these new milestones will come in handy when the twins arrive!